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FS#27863 - [pam] /etc/default/passwd disagrees with /etc/pam.d/passwd

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Alexander Lam (lambchops468) - Sunday, 08 January 2012, 05:47 GMT
Last edited by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Wednesday, 14 November 2012, 11:43 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

This doesn't seem to break anything at the moment, but in /etc/default/passwd, the CRYPT option is set to des, while in /etc/pam.d/passwd we use sha512. the CRYPT entry in /etc/default/passwd should probably be changed to sha512 for consistency.
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Closed by  Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Wednesday, 14 November 2012, 11:43 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Comment by Dave Reisner (falconindy) - Sunday, 08 January 2012, 19:53 GMT
/etc/default/passwd isn't used when shadow's utils are compiled against PAM.
Comment by Matthias Dienstbier (fs4000) - Tuesday, 17 April 2012, 16:21 GMT
This file is part of the pam_unix2 module.

I wonder if that module is still necessary.

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